Background/Info:
“Haven” resulted from the
common efforts between Pieter-Jan Van Assche (Innerwoud) on double bass and
soprano Astrid Stockman. Most of you are probably more familiar with the work
of Innerwoud who worked together with artists such as Barst and Treha Sektori.
Content:
This album has something
of an artistic intercourse between the melancholia and reverie of the double
bass and the magic of Astrid’s vocals. Both Belgian artists are simply
complementary accomplishing a deeply artistic work. But the album is much more
than simply neo-classic music. It also has something experimental as some extra
noises have been added here and there.
+ + + :
The double bass is not
the same as a cello, but there’s a similar emotion coming out. This melancholia
creates a delicious symbiosis with the artistically trained vocals of Astrid
Stockman. The songs have this transcendental power that makes you forget all
daily misery. You feel like you have entered into another world, which is dark,
but offers feelings of relief.
– – – :
The album features 4
cuts. Only one single track (cf. “Elegy III”) can’t convince me; it’s short
instrumental cut without real interest.
Conclusion:
Music is emotion and the
emotion I feel when listening to “Haven” is sadness. And believe it or not, but
sadness can become beautiful and even deeply artistic.
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